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Fri | 3/5 | The end of dynamics; Fractals |
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How many people do you suppose will be on the earth a hundred years from now?
Here's a suitable mascot for this unit: Bessie the fractal cow: | |
Have you ever lined up a couple of mirrors and seen an infinite number of
copies of yourself disappearing off into the distance?
Well, try my new funhouse mirror generator for fun (but no profit): make your own funhouse mirror image, using my web interface and your own image, and I'll post them on our "website gallery". |
So what is a fractal? A couple of things we'll generally see:
From randomness comes order; from simple rules comes complicated objects! Then all hell broke loose....